Sola Morte, former cat burglar and safecracker, has given
up her old life on the wrong side of the law. On the run
from a drug lord’s family, she is lying low far from
Caldwell, keeping her nose clean and her beloved
grandmother safe. Her heart, though, is back up north,
with the only man who has ever gotten through her
defenses: Assail, son of Assail, who never meant to fall
in love—and certainly not with a human woman. But they
have no future, and not just because she doesn’t know he
is a vampire, but because he is not about to stop dealing
arms to the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

Fate, however, has
other plans for them. When Assail falls into a coma and
lingers on the verge of death, his cousins seek out Sola
and beg her to give him a reason to live. The last thing
she wants is a return to her past, but how can she leave
him to die?

As a lethal new enemy of the vampires shows its face, and
the Brotherhood needs Assail back on his feet, Sola finds
herself not only a target, but a mission-critical force
in a war she doesn’t understand. And when Assail’s truth
comes out, will she run from the horror . . . or follow
her heart into the arms of the male who loves her more
than life itself?